East Africa

As Kenya’s meteorological department forecasts more heavy rainfall this week, the number of people impacted by the above-average March to...

Rwanda's drug regulator has recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson children's cough syrup after concerns over its safety. This...

Kenya’s drug regulator has issued a recall for a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) children’s cough syrup, following Nigeria’s...

A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who are taking part in a nationwide strike...

The Kenyan government, through the Ministry of Interior, has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Prophet Owuor to submit the names...

Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals have entered the seventh day of a nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to...

Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, has broken out in Uganda, with cases reported in eight prisons across the East...

After one of the most prolonged droughts on record, the region of the Horn of Africa, in the East now...

The Bacillus anthracis bacterium which infects mainly animals survives for decades as spores in land where animals that died of...

At least 17 people have died in an anthrax outbreak in southern Uganda this month, a local official told AFP...